Hey all.
My holiday started with a bang, and by that I mean, upon leaving and just outside Worcester my car packed up and we came to a stop. Four hours later we had recovery services and towed back to Cape Town. My mechanic reckons it might be an oil pump failure but the engine is seized and that’s where the car will stay.
Aggenee, that is really bad luck! I think you need to Sage yourself, house, car and family!
Ah man, I’m so sorry to hear that.
Hi everyone, still alive
Happy to see you are alive! Hope you are well !
Dang straight. Don’t mess with Canadians!
Oh no that sucks. At least the family is safe.
But did you see all the kinky?
Oh crap. That suck so much @beo. So sorry. Now what? You going be able to find an alternative car to use? All those plans and bookings… 
Rant incoming:
I am done, I am over today, screw this, screw me, screw everything. It all started so well, went for a job on site, took me about 10 minutes, everything working and installed. I then get a message, to get a hamper for our helper in the yard, I am thinking “ok that’s fine” but then I get a message to withdraw R300 as well, now I am thinking " ai, I am not really going near an ATM, I don’t withdraw cash anymore, since paying card is the norm now"
I get to pnp, and I remember you can withdraw at the tills. Now this is where everything starts going down hill, I ask to draw money, she says she only has R400 fixed, i.e 2xR200 notes, I am like “fine whatever, I am not going near a till point any time soon, so I will just make it smaller with a pie or whatever” I take the money, even though I am thinking, that she could have just made a plan to exchange the one R200 with some 50 rands or something, but whatever its busy, that will slow down the queue, so let’s just get on with it.
I then go to the pie place, they don’t have any pies I want, they just got new pies in, and they are currently baking, fine, leave it, I need to go to a hardware store now, so as long as its not too expensive I can make the R400 smaller there. Get to the hardware store, it doesn’t have the thing I need for our pool, since our pool is old, and does not use the same standard they have there for the weir this thing
I leave empty handed, but i need to get a gift card at another tool store for my dad as a Christmas present, there’s a billtong store there, I can make it smaller there. I get there, get the gift card, I go to the billtong store I ask for R100 billtong. now. I am more that willing to pay like 110 or 95 after saying “R100” getting it precisely is not something I am particular about, but this women charges me R125, now that’s a bit far, I make a comment saying " I actually said R100…" she then comments" its a bit difficult to get it to R100 sir"| I almost told her to just take some out you freaking retard, but I hold my mouth, and in my infinite wisdom, I. pay. with. my. card. as soon as the transaction goes through, my brain catches up from buffering, and I facepalm myself with the packet of billtong, and I just get out of there.
So I have now gone to all the places I wanted to, but I still need to make this R400 smaller, (because I know no one at home has something to make it smaller) so I go to westpack, they sell sweets there, i’ll get some sweets, I got some sweets, they are around R54 for a tub, I look around for something maybe closer to R100, but screw it, at this point I am extremely frustrated at myself, at the money situation, because now I can’t buy my mom her Christmas present because, everyone now needs to pay me back for the hamper and money I withdrew first, before I can get it.
I get the sweets, but the cashier has no R20s for change, but she can give me coins, fine!, give me the coins, I take tho coins, I walk to my car, and I see something that just make me more angry, 2 cars parked in the parking lot, not in parking spaces, instead parked in the isles where you are supposed to drive past… I have never been so close to wanting to find a brick to throw through someones window, what made it worse was that the police officer, was just driving past like nothing is wrong…
By this moment I am already over everything, so I just get to my car and go home, I get home take everythign out, what happens next? the fking biltong packet leaked fat onto the gift card, thank mercy it doesn’t cover the order number which is all they need, but that was the last straw, I take everything inside, put the hamper and money ready, and I am now eating the biltong and sweets alone, if anyone asks for some, they can go screw themselves, I am done with today, and this is my reward for having to deal with this shit.
I know everything could have been solved if I had just not asked for the R400 and just went to an ATM, and literally, every problem (except the hardware store one) could have been avoided, but I say its PnP’s fault, for the cashier not having enough money in her till.
TL:DR Today may end now, I am over it. and it could all have been avoided, if I had just said no.
And this is why I stay home as much as I can this time of year.
Hope the rest of the month treats you better.
I’ll refrain from asking you for some of your biltong, though now you’ve got me craving some!
Honestly this is why i only draw cash at Checkers these days. Our pnp never has cash.
Just woooooooooooooooooooosa dude
Sounds like a kak day all round. And the second MEWb today . Hope things brighten up for you too.
Meanwhile, I have to ask:
Jy weet waar ek bly, ek soek ook
Yeah we decided fuckit, got an Avis rental. We’re out of pocket by a helluva lot and >1000km later in one day, we’re sitting here with family and no regrets.
That’s the spirit! 
Glad you got the journey done and are holidaying with the family. Sad it came with the unexpected costs, but the family is together, you’re safe and happy - the details can wait until you’re home. Enjoy the time away. Happy holiday!
When you say it like that, you make it seem like poor life decisions.
Morning!
